Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for February 17, 2025
    • Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites; in 1240, seven noblemen of Florence mutually decided to withdraw from the city to a solitary place for prayer and direct service of God; in 1244, they adopted a religious habit, similar to the Dominican habit, and chose to live under the rule of St. Augustine; they came to the United States from Austria in 1852 and settled in New York and later in Philadelphia; community members combined monastic life and active ministry
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/17/25
    • Gospel: Mark 8:11-13
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 15, 2025
    • Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Jordan; met St. Dominic in Paris in 1220, and became a Dominican; on the death of Dominic in 1222, Jordan was elected second master general of the Dominicans; he expanded the order; he was a powerful preacher; St. Albert the Great became a Dominican after hearing one of Jordan's sermons; Jordan died in a shipwreck in 1227, on his way to the Holy Land
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/15/25
    • Gospel: Mark 8:1-10
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for February 14, 2025
    • Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
      • Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius; Ninth Century brothers in a part of Greece inhabited by many Slavs; they became missionaries, teachers, and patrons of the Slavic peoples; when the Duke of Moravia requested political independence and ecclesiastical autonomy, it changed the lives of Cyril and Methodius; Cyril invented an alphabet; together they translated the Gospels, the psalter, Paul's letters, and the liturgical books into Slavonic; Cyril and Methodius journeyed to Rome, and saw their Slavonic liturgy approved by Pope Adrian II; Cyril, long an invalid, died in Rome 50 days after taking the monastic habit; Methodius continued mission work for 16 more years; they were named co-patrons of Europe by Pope John Paul II
      • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/14/25
      • Gospel: Mark 7:31-37
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 13, 2025
    • Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Catherine de Ricci, 1522-1589; born in Florence, Italy; entered the convent of Dominican nuns in Prat, Tuscany, in her fourtheenth year; became novice mistress, and then subprioress; at 25, she became perpetual prioress; she corresponded with St. Philip Neri, and--while yet living--appeared to him in Rome in a miraculous manner; she experienced the "Ecstacy of the Passion" every week for twelve years from Thursday noon to Friday at 4 p.m.; died after a long illness
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/13/25
    • Gospel: Mark 7:24-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 12, 2025
    • Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Julian the Hospitaler; killed his noble parents in a case of mistaken identity; he and his wife went to Rome, and received absolution; on returning home, he built an inn and a hospital for the poor, caring for a leper--reputed to be an angel
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/12/25
    • Gospel: Mark 7:14-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 10, 2025
    • Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Scholastica, 480-542; twin sister of St. Benedict; founded a religious community for women near Monte Cassino, where Benedict governed; the twins visited each other once per year; on their final visit, Scholastica sensed that he death was near, and asked Benedict to stay until the next morning; he refused, so Scholastica asked God to make it happen--which resulted in a severe thunderstorm; three days later, Benedict, in prayer, saw the soul of his sister rising heavenward
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/10/25
    • Gospel: Mark 6:53-56
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 7, 2025
    • Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Luke the Younger; Tenth Century hermit and wonder-worker whose solitary hermitage in Thessaly, Greece, became known as the Soterion, “the place of healing”; he tried to become a religious but was arrested as an escaped slave and imprisoned for a time; he finally became a hermit on Mount Joannitsa. near Corinth; there he was revered for his holiness and miracles, which earned him the surname Thaumaturgus, or "wonder-worker"; he died in 946 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/7/25
    • Gospel: Mark 6:14-29
    1 hr

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Daybreak™ is a fresh, upbeat approach to morning devotions and prayer. Host Paul Sadek leads you in spiritual reflections and meditations from the daily Mass readings, Morning Prayer, the Holy…